Isaac Asimov's Robot City

Isaac Asimov's Robot City is a series of science fiction novels written by various authors beginning in 1987, and is loosely connected to Isaac Asimov's Robot series.

Isaac Asimov's Robot City

Cover art of Book 1, Odyssey, first printing
Isaac Asimov's Robot City Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens
Author	Various
Illustrator	Paul Rivoche
Cover artist	Paul Rivoche
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Byron Preiss Visual Publications
Published	1987–1990
Media type	Print (Paperback)
No. of books	12

The concept for the novels began as a collaboration of Isaac Asimov and writer/editor/publisher Byron Preiss, with Asimov acting as a technical consultant.^[1] Byron & Asimov then issued a writing challenge to write a series involving the Three Laws of Robotics, which brought about a collaboration of several authors; Asimov provided the premise for the series, which filled in the gap between Asimov's own robot stories and his Foundation series, explaining the disappearance of the robots prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire.^[2][3] He also wrote introductions for each book.^[4] Additionally, the end of each book includes a "Data Bank", which features illustrations by Paul Rivoche and paired descriptions, providing further information about characters, objects and locations from the stories.

Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens^{[n 1]} followed in this series starting in 1989. It was originally published by Ace Books.^[5] The plot deals with the Three Laws and encounters between robots and different varieties of alien life.^{[citation needed]}

Novels

Isaac Asimov's Robot City

No.	Title	Author	Date	ISBN
1	Odyssey	Michael P. Kube-McDowell	July 1987	0-441-73122-8
2	Suspicion	Mike McQuay	September 1987	0-441-73126-0
3	Cyborg	William F. Wu	November 1987	0-441-37383-6
4	Prodigy	Arthur Byron Cover	January 1988	0-441-37384-4
5	Refuge	Rob Chilson	March 1988	0-441-37385-2
6	Perihelion	William F. Wu	June 1988	0-441-37388-7

Perihelion ends with a promise that the story "'continues with Robot City #7",^[6] which refers to Changeling, the first volume of Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens^{[citation needed]}

Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens

No.	Title	Author	Date	ISBN
1	Changeling	Stephen Leigh	August 1989	0-441-73127-9
2	Renegade	Cordell Scotten	November 1989	0-441-73128-7
3	Intruder	Robert Thurston	February 1990	0-441-73129-5
4	Alliance	Jerry Oltion	May 1990	0-441-73130-9
5	Maverick	Bruce Bethke	August 1990	0-441-73131-7
6	Humanity	Jerry Oltion	November 1990	0-441-37386-0

Adaptations

An audio drama of book 1, Odyssey, was released by Caedmon Audio in 1988 on audio cassette, with the voice of Peter MacNicol.^[7]

A video game adaptation, Robot City, was released for PCs in 1995. The player takes the role of the protagonist, Derec, exploring Robot City in a first-person perspective.

A 2004 graphic novel, titled Isaac Asimov's Derec (ISBN 0-7434-8708-7), adapted parts of the first and second books of the series, and was illustrated by Paul Rivoche and written by Doug Murray. A second volume was planned,^[8] but never materialized.

See also

• Isaac Asimov's Robots in Time

Notes

1. Titled Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Robots and Aliens on first publication.